Sentences with phrase «inmate labor»

Accompanied by terse explanatory captions, they expose some of the troubling inequities in American society, especially concerning its prisons and their use of compulsory inmate labor.

Moreover, while it is true that the Ashurst - Sumners Act does not directly regulate inmate labor, the Act clearly presupposes that the labor of prisoners performed for the prison belongs to the institution; that is why the fruits of prison labor are assumed to be low - cost goods.

In his Artists Space show, «91020000,» Mr. Rowland deals with a not - too - visible economy that is especially dependent on cheap inmate labor.

They're also one of the major products manufactured via inmate labor in the New York State prison industry.

Last year at this time, Lake County commissioners had a chance to turn the animal control operation over to sheriff, who can do the job more cheaply using inmate labor.

Cameron Rowland, a young New York artist, has recently mounted several exhibitions whose everyday objects conceal vicious economic realities, such as compulsory inmate labor, at well below minimum wage, in New York prisons.

Lake County commissioners on Tuesday unanimously agreed to relinquish control of the struggling Animal Services department to Sheriff Gary Borders, who said he plans to use inmate labor to help cut down expenses.